Qt Tools not found?

[eighty-six at leadingpeak.ca]

Thanks, Detlev.

In my case this amounted to downloading and installing "Qt 6.11 for desktop development". That installed Qt Creator IDE and Qt for Development. Then, searching for an executable called "designer" revealed it residing in:
C:\Qt\6.11.1\mingw_64\bin  (for Windows) and 
/home/<username>/Qt/6.11.1/GCC/bin/  (for Linux)

The appropriate path went into Settings, Preferences, Qt, Qt Tools, Tools Directory, then Apply et voilà: Qt Designer, now called Qt Widgets Designer.

For anyone wanting to follow the MiniBrowser tutorial, there's a small update which I'll post seperately. 

Robert


On Sat, 30 May 2026 11:39:25 +0200, Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
 
Hi Robert,

the mentioned Qt Tools are not part of the eric-ide nor PyQt6 package. You have to install them separately for your platform. Debian provides packages for these, which you can install via the package manager. For Windows platforms you have to install the Qt6 software.

Regards,
Detlev

Am 29.05.26 um 20:16 schrieb eighty-six at leadingpeak.ca:



Hello,

I recently installed eric on Windows and Linux (details below) using the venv and pip procedures on the Installation page of the web site. The application seems to work well in both environments except when working on a PyQt6 GUI app. In that case, Qt Tools do not seem to be available. 

For example, when following the MiniBrowser tutorial, Qt Designer does not appear after the MainWindow file is created. "Open in Qt-Designer" is greyed out in the context menu. (This is also the case in any new PyQt6 GUI project.) 

Settings, Show External Tools displays:
    PyPl Package Management
        C:\Users\David\eric_env\Scripts\python.exe -m pip 26.1.1
    Qt Assistant    (not found)
    Qt Designer    (not found)
    Qt Help Tools  (not found)
    Qt Linguist      (not found)

Perhaps it is a path problem? I have tried various folders in Settings, Preferences, Qt, Qt Tools, Tools Directory, but without success. Any help you could provide would be appreciated,

Robert

eric installed in:
    Window 11 Home (25H2), Python 3.14.4, pip 26.1.1
    Debian 13 (Trixie), Python 3.13.5, pip 25.1.1



-- 
Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de




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